Lawn-hose holder.



J. E. HOWELL.

LAWN HOSE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT 1 I 9 5. 151 92,3 1 3. Patented July 25, 1916.

. end of which is a spring clip 7. in practi.

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JOHN E. HOWELL, 0F SACRA'MENTO, CALIFORNIA.

LAWN-HOSE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1916.

Application filed September 7, 1915. Serial 1%. 49,175.

To al 1071,0711 if: may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN E. Howrnn, a

citizen of the United States, residing at same, reference being bad to the accompany ing drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in standards or supports for holding lawn hose during the sprinkling operation, the obicct of the invention being to produce such a holder or support as will hold the hose suspended in any fixed positionfor watering in any desired location, which said, holder or support can be adjusted easily and quickly 'to direct the nozzle on the hose in different or various directions at the will of the p orator.

A further object oi the invention is to provide the holder in such'a manner that it can, when not in use, be folded easily for storage or transportation purposes.

Astill l'url'hor object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly ellcctive for the purposes for which it is designed.

These objects, l accomplish by means of such structure and relative urrangcimuit ol' the parts will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claims.

on the drawings, similar characters oi refcrence indicate corresponding parts in the several views. 1

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device showing it as it would appear in opera-- tion. Fig. 2 is a, side elevation of the same showing it in folded position.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of: reference on the drawin s, I first provide the supporting structure comprising two base members 1 and 2, the same being pivotally connected with each other, as at 3, whereby they may be folded into the same plane.

At one end of the member 1, I provide an annular guide 4 having its upper end open and curved outwardly, as at 5, to allow of the ready insertion ofthc hos/e. l'linged to the opposite end of the member l is a vertical support 6 rigidly connected to the up;

the members 1 and 2 may be slightly curved, as shown, so that when the member 2 is extended at. right angles to the member 1, the supporting frame will be slightly above the ground level in order that it may be rigidly held in position by th projecting ends of the members 1 and The hose 8 is engaged through the guide 4, the upper or open ends of the guide 4 being sulliciently close together to prevent the hose from jumping out of the guide unless taken therefrom by the operator, such ends 5 being sulficiently resilient or the purpose of admitting or witlulrawing the hose from the guide 4. The hose is then cngigetl inte the spring clip 7 against the b: lvof the projecting nozzle 9, which spring clip '7 is of sullicient resiliency as to frictionally engage the hose and hold it from coming out of position until so desired by the operator.

By Slill the member (3 on its hinged point 6 (which by the way is a sufficiently .lriclional hinge to prevent too great a loose ncss) the direction of the nmZl'e 9 may be changed at will .lorthc purpose of fixing the direction of the spray \vhiclidischarges from such nozzle. While the hose is held rigidly in the clip 7, it will ihove f'rcely throilgh the guide 4 so that the altering oi" the position of the nozzle ma l e-made readily WlthOllb altering the pos tion of the holder or misplaring any o l the. 5l 'lll('illll'8,- including the hose.

When not in use, the device may be readily other,

From the foregoing description, it will j readily be seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfils the objects of the invention set forth herein.

W iiile this specification sctsforth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice, such deviations i'roin sueh detail maybe resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claims. V V

*l aving thus described my. invention, what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A holder comprising a base frame c mprisilng two members pivotally mounted and adapted to be. set at right angles to each other. a wrtical support on one end of one of soil base frames, a frictional engaging member carried by said vertical support and a'guide'member' at the other end uf said base frame alined with said frictional engaging member, as described.

5 2 A holder comprising a base frame consisting of two members pivotally vmounted and adapted to be set at right angles to each other, a vertical supporting member hinged -to one o'f'said base members, a frictional en- -10 member fixed to the top of said supporting member, a guide member at the ether end of said base member alined with said frictional engaging member, the upper end JOHN E. HOWELL. Witnesses: I

FLOYD M.'BLANcHaxn,

Mann G. BOARD. 

